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Spitfire 70 today

Barbara Cockburn
 on August 4, 2008 12:52 PM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |

The Supermarine Spitfire entered service with the RAF 70 years ago today.

 

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Flight, which recently celebrated its 100th year in publishing, has reported on this great aircraft since its beginning so here are a few gems from back issues:

Spitfire and Concorde vie with London tube map as Britain's finest designs

Carolyn Grace: Flying Spitfires in her husband's memory

Flight's 100 Greatest Military Aircraft - Supermarine Spitfire

Other stuff from the archive....

And some Spitfire mentions in the discussion forum in AirSpace -

Spitfire in AirSpace discussions

Images in AirSpace to celebrate RAF's 90th anniversary

 

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